SHEQ Advisor

Stowmarket
Permanent
Competitive Salary Company car / car allowance Flexible Benefits

Summary
Freedom Networks are currently recruiting a SHEQ Advisor to be based from our Stowmarket office to provide SHEQ support ensuring Freedom Health, Safety, Environmental & Quality procedure are followed.

Freedom Networks partners with Distributions Network Operators, offering a full turnkey solution from survey, inspection through to design, construction and handover, and planned maintenance.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:

• Ensuring company systems and processes and complied with via site inspections/audits.
• Monitoring the relevant areas of work for SHEQ compliance and bringing significant findings to the attention of the Operations Director and Divisional SHEQ Manager.
• Implementing effective systems to develop a positive health & safety culture.
• Advising and assisting the project on SHEQ matters.
• Developing relationships locally with clients.
• Ensuring accident and incident investigations are carried out monitoring that all actions followed up and completed.
• Liaising and coordinating with the Group SHEQ Team to ensure consistency throughout the business.
• Attending/presenting at client SHEQ meetings / forums and communicating findings throughout the region.
• Monitoring the control of contractors within the region.
• Maintaining personal competence.
• Working in various parties from the central SHEQ team to address specific issues.
• Taking an active part in the continual development of the SHEQ Management System

What we’re looking for:

• NEBOSH General
• A good understanding of CDM
• A good understanding of HSG47/Underground Utility Avoidance (Desirable)
• Environmental knowledge - Desirable
• Experience in electrical utilities - Desirable
• NEBOSH construction - Desirable
• NEBOSH Diploma or NVQ Level 5 – Desirable
• IOSH membership (Chartered or working towards) - Desirable
• Environmental Qualifications (e.g. NEBOSH Environmental Certificate) - Desirable

Benefits:
We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:

• Company car / car allowance
• Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice)
• Flexible benefits to suit from Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes.
• Personal development programme

Next Steps:
As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us

Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies
Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be